Industrial action by Luas workers is proving a major pain for 90,000 Dublin commuters a day, and with no sign of a resolution, someone has to think outside of the box. According to Shooting The Bees, that’s exactly what’s happening, as commuters welcome plans to “utilise the weight and convenience of bricks to drive trams” […]

10 years ago

As we all know, wine snobs are full of shit. After all, when so-called experts have been put to the test they can’t even tell the difference between a red wine and a white wine that’s been dyed red. Still, vino fussbudgets do like to be all superior with their detection of subtle notes and whatnot. And […]

10 years ago

Great news for any craft beer fans – Dublin’s about to get another craft beer pub from Galway Bay Brewery.  They currently have four city centre pubs on their books – Brew Dock, the Black Sheep, Against The Grain and the Beer Market – and they’ve set their sights on one of our favourite seaside towns. Beer Traders is set […]

10 years ago

Apologies if this puts a dampner (lol) on anyone’s weekend plans, but there’s a very wet weather outlook for the next few days… Met Éireann have forecast outbreaks of rain and drizzle across Leinster all day today. Drier conditions with the odd shower will follow from the west through the late afternoon and early evening, […]

10 years ago

We’re halfway through 48 hours of Luas stikes, with more on the horizon in March. Understandable the strike has caused a bit of an inconvenience for commuters,while Luas drivers argue the case for higher pay. However, some people have been using the strike to their advantage. One such establishment, Café Mima, decided to expand their terrace considering […]

10 years ago

It’s estimated that 180,000 people will be affected daily by the current 48 hour Luas strike. Commuters will be forced to make other arrangements, with delays expected across the county as more people hop in their cars. However, there’s some good Samaritans out there trying to alleviate the situation while the Luas drivers strike in the […]

10 years ago

Luas have placed ads in national newspapers this morning, informing customers that there will be no tram service tomorrow (Thursday) or Friday of this week. Staff represented by SIPTU will take to the picket line in a dispute over pay for the second time. It is estimated that this strike action, affects 180,000 people each day. Tram services will stop just after midnight tonight and not […]

10 years ago

As the dispute between Luas workers and its operating company Transdev continues, strikes have been called for this Thursday 18 and Friday 19, as well as March 8 and St Patrick’s Day. Having already taken industrial action with work-to-rule and last week’s 48-hour strike that disrupted 90,000 commuters a day, aggrieved light rail employees would disrupt one of the most […]

10 years ago

Ok so we know that Hollywood have been struggling with Irish names of late… But you’d think after filming a gruelling film like The Revenant, and spending hundreds of hours in close proximity with a director that they might have mastered your name by the end of it…  To be fair to Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, who won Best Director […]

10 years ago

You probably didn’t need us to tell you this, but Dublin is in an absolute HOOP today. It’s all thanks to a Luas strike that’s running all day today and tomorrow, forcing some 90,000 commuters off the trams and into their cars, on to the buses and trains, and into taxis. And why? Well, because […]

10 years ago

It’s been announced that workers in Ireland’s 999 call centre will go on strike sometime before the General Election. The staff of Conduit Global, who runs Ireland’s call centres for the emergency services, voted by 88% in favour of the 12-hour stoppage. Conduit Global claims that the strike action is uncalled for as they have made efforts […]

10 years ago

Talks have failed with Luas staff and their planned two-day strike is set to go ahead this Thursday and Friday. Affecting 90,000 people per day, the industrial action is going forward because Transdev (the company that operates the Luas) has refused to meet the demands of its employees.  According to The Irish Times, Luas workers are reportedly seeking increases in pay between 8 and […]

10 years ago